Moro was surprised that despite having just learned the Afterimage Technique, which he had used skillfully, he still got hit.
"How did you know I would appear here?" Moro asked.
Goku smirked and said, "It wasn't that I knew you'd appear here, it's that my muscles told me."
"Muscles?!" Moro thought for a moment and then understood.
"Hmph, impressive. I never thought someone as young as you could train your skills to such a reactive level," Moro said. "But so what? This state drains your stamina, doesn't it? How long can your basic strength support you in this state?"
"When your stamina is exhausted, what will you have left to counter me?" Moro shouted, and suddenly a powerful aura burst around him, surrounding him like flames.
"Come on, show me all your strength and let's see if you can defeat me," Moro said to Goku.
Hearing this, Goku unleashed all his energy, similar to Moro's, surrounding himself with a fiery aura.
Their energies collided and intertwined, and then a fierce battle erupted.
The intensity of their battle skyrocketed, with shockwaves spreading out, turning the surrounding rocky terrain into rubble.
Except for John, everyone was pushed back by the overwhelming energy.
In the distant realm of the Gods of Destruction, Merus, watching the battle through Whis's staff, shouted worriedly, "This won't work, Goku's stamina can't hold out. He won't be able to defeat Moro this way!"
Unfortunately, Goku couldn't hear Merus's voice, as he was fully engrossed in his battle with Moro.
At the beginning, Goku had the upper hand, overwhelming Moro.
However, as Goku's stamina drained, Moro gradually adapted to Goku's attacks, and now they were evenly matched, attacking each other with neither gaining the upper hand.
Not only did Merus see Goku's situation, but everyone else on the battlefield also noticed something was off.
At this moment, Gohan asked John, "John, isn't something wrong with Dad's situation now?!"
John nodded and said, "Yes, Goku's Ultra Instinct is a kind of transformation, and in terms of basic strength, he can't maintain Ultra Instinct for long."
"As Goku's stamina continues to drain, Moro will gradually gain the upper hand. If this continues, Goku might lose."
Everyone then looked worriedly at Goku fighting Moro in the sky.
Gohan asked, "Uncle John, why don't you help my dad?"
John smiled and said nothing.
At this moment, Piccolo said, "John, your strength has now surpassed Moro's, right? So you're not worried."
Hearing this, John nodded slightly and said, "It wasn't for nothing, these past few months of hard training. Just wait and see the difference in strength between me and Moro."
Hearing John's confident words, Piccolo said no more.
Everyone watched silently as Goku and Moro fought.
As time passed, Goku's stamina depleted faster, especially since Goku and Moro were fighting at full throttle.
Although the battle hadn't lasted long, they had exchanged hundreds of blows, and Goku was now completely on the back foot.
While suppressing Goku, Moro said loudly, "Haha, weren't you going to kill me? Now, try to fight back!"
Although on the losing side, Goku continued to resist Moro's attacks with Ultra Instinct, but everyone could see that Goku couldn't hold on much longer.
After a few more exchanges, Goku suddenly dropped out of Ultra Instinct and was punched into the ground by Moro.
Seeing his opponent finally falter, Moro laughed loudly, "I am invincible, and you are all just my food."
"First, I'll get rid of you." Moro looked at Goku and said smugly.
John then said to everyone, "Goku has lost. Now it's my turn."
Just as John was about to step in and save Goku, Moro was suddenly kicked out of the air by someone.
Everyone looked closely and saw that Vegeta had suddenly appeared on the battlefield.
Vegeta said nothing to everyone, transforming directly into Super Saiyan Blue, and then charged at Moro, launching relentless attacks.
John shouted, "Vegeta, it's supposed to be my turn to fight Moro now!"
While John was speaking, Vegeta had already exchanged dozens of blows with Moro.
The crucial point was that as Vegeta attacked, countless life energies began to fly out of Moro's body.
Vegeta temporarily stopped and asked John, "Should I stop now and let you handle Moro?"
Looking at the now wrinkled Moro, John lost interest.
John wanted to fight the peak version of Moro, not the one drained of so much energy.
Defeating such a Moro wouldn't demonstrate his strength. John waved his hand disinterestedly and said to Vegeta, "You've already beaten him to this state. There's no point for me to step in now, you handle it."
Seeing that John didn't want to fight, Vegeta didn't hesitate and continued to attack Moro.
Countless life energies like bubbles flew out of Moro's body.
"No, no, no…" Moro shouted in agony as life energy continued to escape from his body.
As the life energy flew out, Moro visibly aged rapidly, soon returning to his appearance when he first escaped from the Galactic Prison.
When no more life energy flew out of Moro, Vegeta stopped his attack.
"What technique is this?" Moro asked.
Vegeta confidently said, "I am the Prince of Saiyans - Vegeta. To defeat you, I specifically spent two months learning this Energy Fission technique."
"Now your ability to absorb life energy is useless, Moro. Accept your fate!"